"Martial Aunt Wu Mo, I'm already at the entrance to Cloudfloat Grotto. When will the elder you invited arrive?"
Seeing that the trial in Cloudfloat Grotto-Heaven was about to begin, yet the elder Martial Aunt Wu Mo had mentioned still had not appeared, Liang Zhu cautiously sent Wu Mo another voice transmission.
But even after the message went out, Fifth Martial Aunt Wu Mo still gave no reply.
So Liang Zhu put away the jade slip, looked up overhead, and murmured to herself:
"Fifth Martial Aunt must be busy. That elder should be here soon."
Ever since Zhao Qian had become Sect Master, his disciples had served as acting Peak Lords of Seven Peaks.
But at the Sword Champion Assembly three years ago, Zhao Qian's second disciple, Dugu Qingxiao, had fallen into the Yellow Springs, while his eldest disciple, Jiang Zhi, had been gravely wounded by Su Chan. Of his remaining disciples, some had gone into seclusion and others had gone out to train, so all Seven Peaks' affairs, great and small, had temporarily fallen to his fifth disciple, Wu Mo.
After waiting a little longer without anyone coming to meet her, Liang Zhu began to grow nervous.
Without a senior elder acting as guardian, young disciples entering Cloudfloat Grotto-Heaven for the first time would find it extremely difficult to get past the Heavenly Light Sword Shadows at Cloudfloat Bridge unless they possessed exceptional talent in swordsmanship.
Just then, a Qingxuan elder in charge of Cloudfloat Grotto-Heaven suddenly called out:
"Disciples from the various peaks here for this trial in Cloudfloat Grotto-Heaven, please state your name and that of the fellow disciple or elder acting as your guardian, then step onto the teleportation array together."
As he spoke, a burst of azure radiance suddenly lit up the teleportation array beside